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Cover Picture

Date: Spring 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 532

by Maggie Murray The recipients of the Medals for Gallantry presented at the 1995 Awards aboard Stornoway's new Severn class lifeboat, The Will, at a photocall held the previous day at St Katharine Dock.

Next Issue: The... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Ocean Queen

Date: December 1959

Volume: 35

Issue: 390

Rhyl, Flintshire. At 10.15 on the night of the 16th of July, 1959, the owner of the fishing vessel Ocean Queen told the honorary secretary that his vessel, which had a crew of two, was in difficulties four and a half miles north-...

A Torpedoed Collecting Box

Date: September 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 5

The chief engineer of one of the steamers of the Holt Line who regularly brings to the office of the Institution's Port of Liverpool Branch a life-boat collecting box to be emptied, called a short time ago, full of apologies, because the...

Category: Articles

Sheringham - East Division

Date: Spring 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 536

Sheringham's long straight and exposed coastline can be seen stretching away to the east in the main photo on the left, with the boathouse and slipway for the station's Atlantic 75 visible on the foreshore - tucked under the cliffs... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

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Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 12.50 p.m. on 4th May, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a nine year old boy had to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. As there was no other suitable boat available,...

A Motor Launch

Date: November 1934

Volume: 29

Issue: 320

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. -— On the afternoon of the 2nd September the coxswain, who knew that the motor launch which attends on the residents of Steep Holm Island was away at the island, kept a look out for her, as a fresh S.S.E. breeze...

Perseus

Date: September 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 409

ABANDONED SHIP Walmer, Kent. At 11.45 p.m. on 5th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Perseus of Bremen had radioed that she was on fire and that the crew were abandoning ship about 15 miles...

Presenting a Harwich Lifeboat

Date: Summer 2002

Volume: 58

Issue: 561

Presenting a Harwich lifeboat plaque as a token of thanks is Captain Coolen, vice chairman of the Harwich lifeboat station to Staff Captain Sergiy Chupryna Looking on are (I to r) Marcos Neal, tour manager; Emma Ward, cruise director; Anne... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

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Date: March 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 375

Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of December, 1955, the doctor on the Isle of Eigg telephoned the life-boat station that he had a patient suffering from appen- dicitis, who must be taken to hospital at once. As...

Emulate, Honour, Random Harvest and Green Pastures (1)

Date: September 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 401

TWO LIFE-BOATS ESCORT COBLES Amble, and Newbiggin, Northumberland.

On the morning of the 26th June, 1962, the weather deteriorated rapidly.

A north-north-easterly gale sprang up, and the sea became very...